Where does “lada marica” come from?

lada marica (Makasar) comes from Makasar marica, from Old Javanese marica, from Pali marica, from Sanskrit मरिच — black pepper.

lada marica (Makasar): bird's eye chili, a spicy chili pepper, a cultivar from the species (Capsicum annuum)

Definitions

  1. bird's eye chili, a spicy chili pepper, a cultivar from the species (Capsicum annuum)

Ancestry of “lada marica”, step by step

lada marica traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Makasar marica

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarmaricablack pepper (Piper nigrum)
2Old Javanesemaricablack pepper
3Palimaricablack pepper
4Sanskritमरिचblack pepper

via Makasar lada

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarladachili pepper, any fruit of a plant of the botanical genus Capsicum, which has a spicy/burning flavour because it contains capsaicin
2Malayladapepper, chilli; Synonym of merica
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlajaq—
Every word from Sanskrit मरिच →Every word from Pali marica →Every word from Old Javanese marica →